Betty Ford Alpine Gardens

The Betty Ford Alpine Gardens are snuggled in the Gerald R. Ford Park (named for the only president who worked as a ranger for the National Park Service, in Yellowstone Park). Because the gardens are inside the Gerald R. Ford Park, they were named for the former First Lady.

The park is the highest botanical garden in the world, at 8,200 feet.

Longtime Vail residents Marty Jones and Helen Fitch came up with the idea to demonstrate the diversity of perennials that thrive in the mountains.